Background photo by James Coleman (@james_coleman_photography) Every year on August 1st, we quietly observe World Wide Web Day — a little nod to 1991, when Tim Berners-Lee opened up his world-changing invention to the public and, somewhat unknowingly, gave us all a place to argue about fonts, watch cat videos at midnight, and find extremely specific recipes for whatever three ingredients are left in the fridge. Think about that for a second. Right now, someone is learning to play ukulele through a YouTube tutorial. Someone else just found a forum thread from 2009 that answers the exact question they had today. A person on the other side of the planet is reading the same article you bookmarked last Tuesday and never got back to. The web is enormous and a little overwhelming, sure — but it's also quietly, persistently useful in the most human ways imaginable. There's always something to celebrate, even on the days that feel ordinary. Sometimes it's a big, obviou...